Re: [Staffslug] Read this one then folks...

He, he, he, guys, guys, guys. Take a look at what I first said. Installing stuff is not a problem and that's where I disagreed with that article. The rest is about how unfriendly the Linux community can be. Now, bear in mind that I have been messing and playing with Linux since about 1997 in some form or another. It was unfriendly then to a newcomer and my god it can still be that way, believe me. Only about 6 months ago I was laid into for asking about something on a main distro's official forum. It was a perfectly acceptable question - in my eyes - but I got told all sorts such as such read the f***ing man pages etc. Which I had done and I could not make head nor tail of it. I left that forum in disgust. On here we are very friendly but, there are still some arseholes out there who are spiteful and very quick to denigrate a newcomers shortcomings. They are quite likely spotty little oiks who have no social life away from the PC but, nasty remarks like that hurt. That bit I agree with in that article. I will also say I have found it to be very rare to have that sort of experience when I've asked question on the - possibly - thousands of Windows help forums etc. -- ============================================== Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(r) Network. For a group near to you look here: Worldwide http://www.freecycle.org/ United Kingdom http://uk.freecycle.org/ ============================================ Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire